Christine Ohuruogu
Olympic Medalist and Track and Field Athlete
GB athletes given 10-medal target...get athletics to overhaul cycling as the leading source of British Olympic medals. Christine Ohuruogu won Britain's only athletics gold medal in Beijing Under the stewardship of performance director Dave Brailsford, cyclists including Sir... In this article: Britain, BBC Radio 5, UK Athletics, Tokyo, Beijing, London Olympics in 2012, Dave Brailsford, and Christine Ohuruogu |
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 4 days ago
Bolt, Richards named athletes of year
...in the individual event. However, she was majestic in Berlin putting Great Britain's Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu in her place as she won the title and then added a second gold in the 4x400 metres relay. "I was asked if this...
In this article: Sanya Richards, Berlin, Beijing, Behcet's disease, Ulcer, Usain Bolt, Great Britain, and United States
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ESPN | August 18, 2009
Usain Bolt advances to semifinals in 200 meters at world championships
With a time of 49.00 seconds, Richards set the fastest mark of the year. In Beijing last year, Richards faltered over the last 50 meters and Ohuruogu won. Not so this year. "She wanted it a little bit more than the rest of us,"...
In this article: Usain Bolt, Sanya Richards, Tyson Gay, Silver, Ezekiel Kemboi, LaShawn Merritt, Jamaica, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, and Bouabdellah Tahri
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BBC | July 04, 2009
Ohuruogu finishes sixth in Oslo
...set by Czech Tatjana Kocembova in 1983. Richards, who took Olympic bronze behind Ohuruogu in Beijing, also won the opening event of the six Golden League meetings in Berlin a fortnight ago. Shericka Williams, the Olympic silver...
In this article: Oslo, Mo Farah, Sanya Richards, Beijing, Surgery, Simeon Williamson, and Shericka Williams
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Telegraph.co.uk - Sport | October 30, 2009
London 2012: Christine Ohuruogu focused on recovering from slump
...her 400m lifetime best in trials. At least one missing link from her Athens and Beijing performances stands to be rectified in London: her parents, Johnson and Patience, will both be in the stadium. But asked if she is enjoying this...
In this article: London, Adidas, Usain Bolt, Great Britain, Beijing, Athens, Berlin, and New York
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BBC | July 31, 2009
Ohuruogu set to be fit for Berlin
"I am back running and I am back on track for Berlin." It has been a testing few months for Ohuruogu since she won a sensational Olympic gold in Beijing almost a year ago. Illness forced her to withdraw from an Italian meet in June,...
In this article: Berlin, Sanya Richards, Nicola Sanders, Osaka, Britain, Stuttering, Silver, and Lee McConnell
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Sunday Mirror | August 01, 2009
Christine Ohuruogu brought close to tears by London 2012 olympic stadium
...brought close to tears by London 2012 olympic stadium Christine Ohuruogu has told how she fought back tears when she was given a private tour of London's Olympic Stadium. Ohuruogu's family home is only a few miles away from the...
In this article: London, Berlin, Beijing, Sebastian Coe, Osaka, Athens, Britain, Germany, and Portugal
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BBC News | August 18, 2009
Idowu wins Britain's second gold
...final after just three jumps. In the women's 400m, Ohuruogu clocked a season's best 50.21 seconds, but she was well off the pace of old rival Richards, who ran 49.00, the fastest in the world this year. Richards, who went off too fast in...
In this article: Nelson Evora, Britain, Silver, Marlon Devonish, and Robert Tobin
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boston.com - Latest sports news | August 15, 2009
Return of illness doesn't sidetrack Richards
...was a crucial test for Sanya Richards' confidence. Not because she was racing against Olympic gold medalist Christine Ohuruogu, the sprinter who blazed right past Richards in Beijing. No, the first round of the 400 meters at the world...
In this article: Sanya Richards, Beijing, Berlin, Inflammation, Behcet's syndrome, Usain Bolt, Osaka, Japan, and U.S.
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Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu MBE (born 17 May 1984) is an English sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres - the event for which she is the current Commonwealth, World and Olympic Champion. Her victory in the Beijing Games was the 50th gold medal for Great Britain in Athletics at the Olympics.
Ohuruogu's Personal Best of 49.61 ranks her third amongst British women 400m runners, behind fellow Olympic medallists Kathy Cook and Katharine Merry.
- Birth Date:
- May 17, 1984
- Birthplace:
- London, Great Britain
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